Program development and defining characteristics of returning military in a VA Polytrauma Network Site

Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1027-1034

  Lew, Henry L ^a,b,c   Poole, John H ^a,b,c   Vanderploeg, Rodney D ^d,e,f   Goodrich, Gregory L ^a   Dekelboum, Sharon ^a   Guillory, Sylvia B ^a   Sigford, Barbara ^g,h   Cifu, David X ^i,j  

^a VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d DVBIC   (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^g DVBIC   (United States)

^h VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ HUNTER HOLMES MCGUIRE VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^j VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Brain concussion; Brain injuries; Hearing disorders; Needs assessment; Neuropsychology; Pain; Physical medicine; Posttraumatic; Rehabilitation; Stress disorders; Vision disorders

Indexed keywords

BRAIN INJURIES; HEARING DISORDERS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PAIN; PHYSICAL MEDICINE; POSTTRAUMATIC; REHABILITATION; STRESS DISORDERS; VISION DISORDERS;

CATCHMENTS; PATIENT REHABILITATION; PLANNING; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY;

MEDICINE;

ADULT; ARMY; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DIZZINESS; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPOACUSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILITARY MEDICINE; PATIENT CARE; POSTCONCUSSION SYNDROME; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SCREENING; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; UNITED STATES; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; COMORBIDITY; GOVERNMENT; HEARING LOSS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MASS SCREENING; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; REHABILITATION CENTER; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SOLDIER; STATISTICS; VETERAN; VISUAL DISORDER; WAR;

ADULT; BACK PAIN; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PATIENT CARE MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTURAL BALANCE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; REHABILITATION CENTERS; SENSATION DISORDERS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS; VISION DISORDERS; WAR;

EID: 40749110334     PISSN: 07487711     EISSN: 07487711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1682/JRRD.2007.05.0073     Document Type: Article

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